Another day older

Today was one of those early-rising days when by 3 in the afternoon your eyelids feel like they are made of lead.

God bless the New Orleans brew.

A great day though, complete with Geoff looking smashingly handsome in his brand new suit, Janis Joplin belting out Bobby McGee in my car, falafels, lemon tea and getting lots and lots done.Funny, isn't it, how buckling down, getting things done is the best antidote for bad-hair days.

And the tiredness resulting from hard work? One of my favorite sensations in the world.

The good news is we are about to witness a beautiful sunset over the lake here, and if I tune out the Christmas snow flakes I have yet to scrape off of the kitchen windows a mere three months after Christmas, then our kitchen looks so other-worldly at this hour.

Pretty, right? I know those cloudy, multi-colored sunsets tend to be everyone's favorite, but I love these clear-sky sunsets too. Late afternoons are my absolute favorite part of the day. Sometimes when people look at me all bewildered about what on earth I could possibly love so much about those troubled countries I am so fond of, I always think of the evening prayers leaking through my window in Pakistan, the dusty sunsets in the middle of nowhere in Africa or the humid, sticky Sri Lankan evenings on the veranda of the Galle Face Hotel... nothing I will ever be able to explain.

Have a wonderful evening everyone -- I know I will.

Until next time.

Agnes

p/s: Does anyone know the proper word for for the decade following the 90s? (i.e. years 2000-2009). How about the decade after that (the one we are in now)? Is it called "the teens"?

Some people are calling the previous decade "The Aughts." I haven't heard about the current one. Perhaps "The Teens" or "The Tens," of which I'm not a fan. I would love to experience these other worlds as you have. Being well-traveled is on my bucket list. Until then, I will live vicariously through your words and descriptions. And, yes, that is one fine photo of an even finer sunset. Thank you for sharing.

Beautiful post Agnes. I'm still amazed that the sunset shot was taken 5 meters from our back patio. We are so fortunate. And I completely agree that getting a lot done makes me feel great. The tiredness it produces is pleasurable. Making a list and getting through all of it is a joy. In the boardwalk shot you look so pensive and as always, so beautiful. Again, my favorite part of many of your posts are the comments. You attract loving, intelligent and insightful commenters and reading what they have to say is something I look forward to. Keep up the good work.
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I really think that photo of the lake and the sunset is from New Zealand...it has to be...at least looking at the photo sends me there so I must have a New Zealand state of mind going on and perhaps a "wanderlust" state of mind going on. That's it..a wanderlust state of mind...reading your blog sends me wandering around the globe and that is a good thing.

Here in the UK, the first decade has frequently been called "the Noughties" which, of course, is ambiguous when spoken rather than written, rhyming as it does with "the Naughties". In that sense it harks back to the "Naughty Nineties", as the final decade of the 1900s was often called.

Theoretically, the teens don't start until 13 but, stretching a point, I suppose 2010-2019 could be referred to as "the Teenies", though I expect that economists and other serious folk will simply call this period "the Twenty-Tens".

Don't worry about removing the snowflakes from your windows. After all, you'll only have to put them back on again in a few months' time... :)

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